Blue KC Will Make a Monthly Donation to a Kansas City Area Behavioral Health Organization KANSAS CITY, MO (May 3, 2022) – For the 2022… Read More
Right now, many people feel confused, worried, and apprehensive about the changes going on around them. From August 2020 to February 2021, the percentage of adults with recent symptoms of an anxiety or a depressive disorder increased from 36.4% to 41.5%, and the percentage of those reporting an unmet mental health care need increased from 9.2% to 11.7% (CDC, 2021). Many people have trepidation about returning to work with a mix of concerns. Read More
Learn more about the importance of Self-Care and Sleep Hygiene including what it is, the benefits and tips on how to create an action plan. Read More
Despite significant progress in treatment and public awareness of behavioral health conditions, stigma, defined as “the negative social attitude attached to a characteristic of an individual that may be regarded as mental, physical or social deficiency... Read More
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) partnered with Emmy award-winning sports broadcaster Joel Goldberg to bring awareness… Read More
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) partnered with Emmy award-winning sports broadcaster Joel Goldberg to bring awareness to the behavioral health… Read More
Ready for a fresh start in 2021? We get it. With so much time spent at home due to COVID-19, you may get a little… Read More
Becky Gernon, MD and Medical Director at Blue KC discusses the opioid use disorder and its relation to suicide. 30% of opioid overdoses are suicide… Read More
By now, many people have accepted social distancing and isolation as part of daily life. But this still may impact your behavioral health. Many of… Read More
Suicide is a large and growing public health problem. Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. It was responsible for more than 48,000 deaths in 2018, resulting in about one death every 11 minutes. Read More
